Stories by Carl T. Bergstrom

Carl T. Bergstrom is a professor of biology at the University of Washington. He is a co-author of the report Science Education in the Age of Misinformation, available online at sciedandmisinfo.stanford.edu.

Education

To Fight Misinformation, We Need to Teach That Science Is Dynamic

Science is a social process, and teaching students how researchers work in tandem to develop facts will make them less likely to be duped by falsehoods

October 26, 2022 — Carl T. Bergstrom, Daniel R. Pimentel and Jonathan Osborne | Opinion

Behavior

A High-Speed Scientific Hive Mind Emerged from the COVID Pandemic

The pandemic pushed researchers into new forms of rapid communication and collaboration

March 23, 2022 — Joseph Bak-Coleman and Carl T. Bergstrom